TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eltahawy,Mona
TI  - Headscarves and hymens: why the middle east needs a sexual revolution 
SN  - 9780865478039
AV  - HQ1237.5.M628 E47 2015
U1  - 323.3/40956 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York
PB  - Faber & Faber
KW  - RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Islam / General
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
KW  - Misogyny
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Sex discrimination against women
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Arab Spring, 2010-
N2  - "When the Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy published an article in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012 titled "Why Do They Hate Us?" it provoked a firestorm of controversy. The response it generated, with more than four thousand posts on the website, broke all records for the magazine, prompted dozens of follow-up interviews on radio and television, and made it clear that misogyny in the Arab world is an explosive issue, one that engages and often enrages the public.  In Headscarves and Hymens, Eltahawy takes her argument further. Drawing on her years as a campaigner and commentator on women's issues in the Middle East, she explains that since the Arab Spring began, women in the Arab world have had two revolutions to undertake: one fought with men against oppressive regimes, and another fought against an entire political and economic system that treats women in countries from Yemen and Saudi Arabia to Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya as second-class citizens.  Eltahawy has traveled across the Middle East and North Africa, meeting with women and listening to their stories. Her book is a plea for outrage and action on their behalf."--
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